EXACTA

exacta, perfecta

(noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

exacta (plural exactas)

A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.

Source: Wiktionary



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INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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